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Europe - an area for research. Europe on the Move, January 2000

Publication Date

Jan 01, 2000

Disciplines

Political Science

Abstract

Furde on the move - Directorate-General for Education and Culture Europe - an area for research This booklet is published in all the'official EU languages of the European Union: Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish. European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture - Publications Unit, DirectorateGeneral for Research, Communication Unit, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels \ Manuscript completed in January 2000 Cover: photo RDT info Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000 ISBN 92-828-8249-7 O European Communities, 2000 Reproduction is authorised Printed in Belgium Shared values mean added value Europe, as the historical cradle of modern science interconnect- ed by a network of universities, research centres, industrial labo- ratories and innovative SMEs, has one of the richest potentials of grey matter in the world. Each country in it has its scientific traditions, its strengths and its specific features. Researchers obviously had no need to wait for the Union to become involved in joint projects or take their place in interna- tional networks. Since the start of the 1980s, however, the European Union's framework programmes have been the driving force of a new collaborative approach and helped to create a Europe of research. They are based on the priorities which emerged from broad consultation of the political authorities responsible, the scientific world, industrialists, and user representatives. They targeted projects catering for the needs of a changing society and their budget has been increased as a function of the tasks and objectives involved. The aim of these programmes is to pro- mote cooperation between partners in different countries by funding transnational work and promoting coordination between scientific and technological facilities

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